Measuring can-filler.



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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

sUsAN A. BERRY, OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA.

MEASURING CAN-FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 664,075, dated December18, 1900. Application filed. October 16, 1900. Serial No. 33,269. (llomodel.]

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SUSAN A. BERRY, of Hampton, in the county ofElizabeth City and State of Virginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Measuring Can- Fillers, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an appliance adapted foruse in measuring milk and other liquids and in depositing the same incans.

The invention consists in the improved appliance which I will nowproceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a measuring can-fillerembodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of the samein place on a can to be filled.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in both thefigures.

In the drawings, 1) represents a measuring vessel or receptacle which issuitably graduated, preferably by means of peripheral ribs or beadsformed on the body of the receptacle. The bottom of the receptacle has adischarge-tube c of relatively small diameter pro jecting downwardly aconsiderable distance,

6 represents a horizontal platform, which surrounds the discharge-tube cand is located between the bottom of the measuring-receptacle b and thelower end of the outlet-tube c,the said tube projecting below theplatform. The platform is of much larger diameter than the tube, and isadapted to rest on the mouth of a can a, into which the tube cprojects,as shown in the drawings, the size of the platform being such that itcan rest upon the mouth of a can a of any size within reasonable limits.

ff are braces extending betweenthe measuring-receptacle b and the outerportion of the platform e to strengthen and stiffen the construction.

01 represents a stopper, which is adapted to close the upper end of theoutlet-tube c and is provided with a rod or handle d, extending upwardlythrough the vessel 1).

- It will be seen that the horizontal platform 6, surrounding theoutlet-tubec and made of considerably greater diameter. than the latter, so that it can bear equally well upon relatively large as well asrelatively small cans, enables the measuring-receptacle to beconveniently used with any of the cans used by milk-dealers withoutregard to the size of the can.

It is to be noted that there is nothing but the outlet-tube c projectingbelow the plat= form e, there being no legs or other projections belowsaid platform.

The construction is such that the appliance can be readily cleaned, allparts being freely accessible, which is a feature of much importance ina dairy appliance.

The stopper 01 may be made of hard rubber or of any other suitablematerial and is preferably detachable from the rod (1, so that it can berenewed when worn out without discarding the rod.

I clain1 A measuring can-filler comprising a graduated receptacle havinga discharge-tube extending downwardly from its bottom, a horizontalplatform surrounding the dischargetube between its upper and lower endsand adapted to rest on the mouth of a can to be filled, braces extendingfrom the lower portion of the receptacle to the outer margin of theshelf or platform, and a stopper adapted to close the outlet and havinga handle extending upwardly in the receptacle to the up per portionthereof.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

SUSAN A. BERRY.

Witnesses:

G. WM. Horn, J 0s. 1. PEYTON.

